双语有声阅读:AOL's billion dollar profits 美国在线利

AOL's billion dollar profits 美国在线利润十多亿
In January, AOL announced plans to merge¹ with media giant Time Warner

美国在线1月宣布计划与媒体巨头时代华纳合并

America Online, the world's richest internet company, beat analysts²'  expectations when it announced profits of more than $1.2bn in its financial year which ended on 30 June.

The company had sales of $6.8bn for the year, the bulk of which come from the subscriptions³ paid by its members, who are mainly in the United States.

AOL added 900,000 more subscribers in the last quarter, bringing its total membership to 23.2m.

But what encouraged analysts most was the rapid growth of its revenues from e-commerce and advertising⁴, which grew by 95% in the quarter to $609m. It now makes up one-third of the company's revenues, which totalled $1.9bn for the quarter, a 39% increase on the previous year.

美国在线--世界上最富有的网络公司,宣布本财政年度（截止日期是6月30日）的利润超过12亿美元,超出了分析家们的预测。

美国在线本年度销售额达68亿美元，大部分来自它的会员交纳的注册费，这些会员主要来自美国。

上个季度，美国在线又增加了900，000名注册会员，使它的会员总数达到了3320万。

但最令分析家门鼓舞的是它的电子商务和广告收入增长迅速，这一季度增长到6亿零9百万美元，增幅为95%，是公司收入的三分之一。公司这一季度的收入是19亿美元，比去年同期增长了39%
 

1 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

2 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

3 subscriptions   

n.（报刊等的）订阅费( subscription的名词复数 )；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助

参考例句：

• Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。